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    The surname Brimley

    An English place surname, carried by 563 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B654

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Brimley is more common than 75.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Bromley.

    Brimley is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 563 people named Brimley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 482.

    #39,117
    rank among US surnames
    563
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.8%
    change since 2000 (was #42,363)

    Who is named Brimley

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    65% of people named Brimley identified as white (not Hispanic), 32% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 65%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 32%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Brimleys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Wilford Brimley
      American actor and singer (1934–2020)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Brimley

    Brimley has the Soundex code B654, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B654.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Brimley come from?
    From Old English brōm (“broom”) + lēah (“wood”). Equivalent to broom + -ley and doublet of Bromley.
    How common is the surname Brimley?
    563 people in the United States had the surname Brimley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 548,393 Americans. It ranked 39,117th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Brimley?
    In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Brimley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 32% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Brimley?
    Wilford Brimley, American actor and singer (1934–2020).
    Where is the surname Brimley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Brimley in the United States.
    What type of surname is Brimley?
    Brimley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Brimley getting more or less common?
    More common. 482 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 563 in 2010, up 17%.